Hey. I think I'm still going to submit one today. I thought submissions were due today. I guess this will probably affect any votes I would receive because I know some have already voted. Can I still submit? {{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}} 14:40, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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'''I'd like to thank everyone once again for their submissions. I'm grateful for all the time and effort people put into this. I'm also encouraged by seeing everyone's enthusiam for OrthodoxWiki. I wish I could award everyone a prize!'''

It's nice to see something of a consensus emerging with regard to [[User:HappyGrevling|HappyGrevling]]'s "SealLogo1." I concur with this judgment. I think it looks dignified and professional, while capturing the Orthodox character and international scope of OrthodoxWiki. It's challenging to produce not only something that is of professional qulity, but also something which really captures the mission.

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===Please voice your opinions or cast your votes about the logos!===

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My only hesitation is that I'd love to see it brightened up a bit, especially the greenish band behind the letters. We could definitely work with it as is, though. According to [[User:Joe Rodgers|Joe]]'s suggestion, I'd also like to ask if [[User:HappyGrevling|H.G.]] would be willing to donate the black and white version for use on letterhead.

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Which one is your favorite and why?

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I'd like to give runner-up recognition to a number of others too:

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* I'd like to ask [[User:Baker]] if he would be willing to donate his logos for possible use as a decoration for future printed publications.

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* I'd like to ask [[User:Rublevpupil]] if he would be willing to donate his logos, especially #2 for use as a promotional link button.

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* I would like to suggest that [[User:Raphael]] make his first logo available to the fledgling [http://www.copticwiki CopticWiki] if they are interested.

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* I'd also like to ask "a friend of Magda" if he'd be willing to donate "DEOWlogo2.png" as a possible link button as well.

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Do you have ideas for logos you don't have the technical know-how to create?

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Of course, if anyone else would like to formally donate their logos to OrthodoxWiki, we'd love to be keep them on hand for any future use. We don't want OWiki's visual identity to become too dispersed, but who knows what will come up?

At some point, could there be a no-more-submissions-please-vote kinda thing? Perhaps people aren't voting because they may think something better will come along soon... -- [[User:Pistevo|oea]] 19:46, 23 Oct 2005 (EDT)

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:Hi oea, I think that's a good idea. Already, I've put up a note that submissions will stay open through Nov. 13th. I don't think we'll go much beyond that. The deadline will prob. be soon after that. I'll prominently announce it once it gets closer to the date, then we'll have some time to decide together. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

Personally, I think the best submission is HappyGrevling's SealLogo1.jpg (round with world behind the cross). I think it looks very nice and encompasses the world Orthodox feel I think we want, e.g. not only American. I think the black and white version would also look nice on letterhead. I will readily admit that I did base my budded-cross idea on his (It took me a while to do this with a vector-based program). Other than that, I thought several of them were great, but a number looked either a.) too ethnic or b.) too unprofessional. two cents {{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}} 23:04, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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== Any matching OrthodoxWiki Favicon? ==

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:OK, I've decided to be a little more specific about the ones I like. I don't like HappyGrevling's silver-cross-logo.png. Don't ask why I just don't. I thought Magda's friends work were very nice. I do like a more square look for the Wiki logo and I thought these rectangular logos wouldn't work. Baker's were very nice. Simple. Maybe too simple for some. Rublevpupil's submissions were nice, especially Rublevpupillogo2.jpg, although these too were rectangular.

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This is now fully supported in Internet Explorer 7 (not just when you bookmark a page, but also in the tabs and address bar).

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:I like mine too. Aside from the fact that I am very (unfairly I am sure) late. I still don't like mine because a couple of the words are upside-down and I couldn't manage to convey the words OrthodoxWiki like I wanted to. I chose the quatrefoil because I felt it could symbolically represent the words shown and give the logo a sense of balance. {{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}} 23:40, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon Favicons] must be valid ico files, or images which can later be converted into ico files, and have a size of 16x16 [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Logo_contest#Rules].

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Since I'm going to be away at the close of submissions (and probably the close of voting), I submit my vote as the first logo by HappyGrevling (world, with cross superimposed, with scroll around it); with big thumbs up to his other two. -- [[User:Pistevo|oea]] 00:23, 31 October 2005 (CST)

:Yep, I was thinking about that too. If you'd like to submit something that's great. Not sure what the best approach would be to reducing the new logo to 16 x 16! If we come up with something nice, I'll stick it into the new [[OrthodoxWiki:Searching#The_OrthodoxWiki_Searchbar|Firefox searchbar extension]] too! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

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HappyGrevling has submitted a potential winner, I think - I mean his most recent one, with the cross lying diagonally . My vote goes to this one. - [[User:Guldfisken|Guldfisken]] 11:12, 3 November 2005 (CST)

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:P.S. I just submitted this to Mozilla for inclusion in the Firefox search plugins page (http://mycroft.mozdev.org/).

:P.P.P.S. Hey, thanks for the WikiCities Logo Contest link. I had no idea other wiki projects were doing this kind of thing.

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I think I like the simplicity of the first one by [[User:Baker|Baker]]. (I'm attempting to put everyone's votes visually together [[User:Magda/Logo votes|here]]; please let me know if I get something wrong. {{User:Magda/sig}} 07:54, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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::''> If you'd like to submit something that's great''

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::Thanks Father and congratulations on the new look! I would receive a blessing by doing so, but I am not a graphic designer (you can tell from my very humble contributions sent to you some weeks ago via a 'logo submission' Hotmail account: the anonymous [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#OOO_WWW_Logo OOO WWW Logo] and [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#Circle_Logos Circle Logos] :-).

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::I can resize the current logo to 16X16 in PaintShop Pro, but as you have rightly mentioned, this won't produce good results. Perhaps HappyGrevling can quickly design a 16X16 ''matching'' icon with just the circle and the cross inside it (and maybe also using fewer colours)? Microsoft and other interested parties provide detailed guidelines on how to produce such "miniature" versions by reducing icon detail and focusing on distinguishing features, etc. (for Windows XP and the forthcoming Vista, but the same principles would apply to favicons)

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::I personally liked Baker's second icon for its elegance and simplicity, and the way it uses different shades of the same colours. However, I think HappyGrevling's winning logo "''really captures the mission''" of OrthodoxWiki in a far better way than any of the other submissions.

:Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. I agree that there were a lot of excellent logo submisisons. I just created and uploaded a .png image we could use as a favicon (not sure how to make it a .ico). - [[User:HappyGrevling|HappyGrevling]]

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OK, I know it's probably lame to vote for my own logo, but hey, that's why I designed it the way I did -- because I like it! My vote goes to the Silver Cross logo (my 5th submission), with the gold-cross-world logo and the first Seal logo tied for second. - [[User:HappyGrevling|Happy Grevling]]

Although I would like to vote for my own logos, It would be a waste of a contest if the nicest looking one(s) were't accepted. Don't get me wrong, they are all nice, but I would have to go with HappyGrevling's one (the slanted 3d cross with 'www.OrthodoxWiki.org' over it in a curve style. I'd just have to go with that one. God Bless Everyone -- [[User:Danny]] 00:23, 15 November 2005

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::Thanks everyboyd. I'll work on this soon. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

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I like Baker 1 and 2 and also BeHappyGrevling 2,3 and 4. My personal preference is Baker 2, but I vote for BeHappyGrevling 3. [[User:Constantine]] 16:23 Bulgarian Time, 15 November 2005

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:''I'm very happy that we have so many great logos to choose from. We'll close the submissions formally at midnight, but it's great if people's votes keep rolling in before that. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:41, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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''OK. Finally figured this out -- the .htaccess file was interfering with the template accessing the favicon. Anyway, I also downloaded a free little program called [http://www.iconempire.com/free-icon-editor/ Iconomaker] in order the make the background transparent instead of white. Finally, I've changed the icon for Firefox/Mycroft search plugin too (using a transparent .gif), and sent an update to the Mozilla site. You may have to clear your browser's cache to see the new favicon. If you already have the search plugin enabled and want the new icon, you have to find your Firefox/Mozilla profile and delere the OrthodoxWiki entries in the "searchplugins" folder. If you don't have it already, why not? You can get it from [http://orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ here].

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I think my #1 vote would go to [[User:HappyGrevling]] #3 - it looks very professional, and it has the internet address integrated into it. I also like [[User:HappyGrevling]] #1, #2, and #5, [[User:Rublevpupil]] #2, and [[User:Raphael]] #2. [[User:Katjuscha|Katjuscha]] 17:06, November 15, 2005 (CST)

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I think I'd go for HappyGrevling 5 [[User:Vandrona|Vandrona]]

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I personally vote for HappyGrevling's SealLogo1.gif. Excellent work!

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Latest revision as of 12:36, November 19, 2005

I'd like to thank everyone once again for their submissions. I'm grateful for all the time and effort people put into this. I'm also encouraged by seeing everyone's enthusiam for OrthodoxWiki. I wish I could award everyone a prize!

It's nice to see something of a consensus emerging with regard to HappyGrevling's "SealLogo1." I concur with this judgment. I think it looks dignified and professional, while capturing the Orthodox character and international scope of OrthodoxWiki. It's challenging to produce not only something that is of professional qulity, but also something which really captures the mission.

My only hesitation is that I'd love to see it brightened up a bit, especially the greenish band behind the letters. We could definitely work with it as is, though. According to Joe's suggestion, I'd also like to ask if H.G. would be willing to donate the black and white version for use on letterhead.

I'd like to give runner-up recognition to a number of others too:

I'd like to ask User:Baker if he would be willing to donate his logos for possible use as a decoration for future printed publications.

I'd like to ask User:Rublevpupil if he would be willing to donate his logos, especially #2 for use as a promotional link button.

I would like to suggest that User:Raphael make his first logo available to the fledgling CopticWiki if they are interested.

I'd also like to ask "a friend of Magda" if he'd be willing to donate "DEOWlogo2.png" as a possible link button as well.

Of course, if anyone else would like to formally donate their logos to OrthodoxWiki, we'd love to be keep them on hand for any future use. We don't want OWiki's visual identity to become too dispersed, but who knows what will come up?

Thanks again to everybody! Yours in Christ, Fr. John 14:19, November 16, 2005 (CST)

Yep, I was thinking about that too. If you'd like to submit something that's great. Not sure what the best approach would be to reducing the new logo to 16 x 16! If we come up with something nice, I'll stick it into the new Firefox searchbar extension too! Fr. John

P.P.P.S. Hey, thanks for the WikiCities Logo Contest link. I had no idea other wiki projects were doing this kind of thing.

> If you'd like to submit something that's great

Thanks Father and congratulations on the new look! I would receive a blessing by doing so, but I am not a graphic designer (you can tell from my very humble contributions sent to you some weeks ago via a 'logo submission' Hotmail account: the anonymous OOO WWW Logo and Circle Logos :-).

I can resize the current logo to 16X16 in PaintShop Pro, but as you have rightly mentioned, this won't produce good results. Perhaps HappyGrevling can quickly design a 16X16 matching icon with just the circle and the cross inside it (and maybe also using fewer colours)? Microsoft and other interested parties provide detailed guidelines on how to produce such "miniature" versions by reducing icon detail and focusing on distinguishing features, etc. (for Windows XP and the forthcoming Vista, but the same principles would apply to favicons)

I personally liked Baker's second icon for its elegance and simplicity, and the way it uses different shades of the same colours. However, I think HappyGrevling's winning logo "really captures the mission" of OrthodoxWiki in a far better way than any of the other submissions.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. I agree that there were a lot of excellent logo submisisons. I just created and uploaded a .png image we could use as a favicon (not sure how to make it a .ico). - HappyGrevling

OK. Finally figured this out -- the .htaccess file was interfering with the template accessing the favicon. Anyway, I also downloaded a free little program called Iconomaker in order the make the background transparent instead of white. Finally, I've changed the icon for Firefox/Mycroft search plugin too (using a transparent .gif), and sent an update to the Mozilla site. You may have to clear your browser's cache to see the new favicon. If you already have the search plugin enabled and want the new icon, you have to find your Firefox/Mozilla profile and delere the OrthodoxWiki entries in the "searchplugins" folder. If you don't have it already, why not? You can get it from here.